ALUT celebrates 50 years

• Published date: 09 April 2024
• Author: NIR RAZ
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

As part of the jubilee event for ALUT and as every year, Hila and Rani Rahav, members of the public council at ALUT, awarded scholarships for excellence named after Leah Rabin to outstanding ALUT employees: Racheli Rotfeld, Orit Amger, Galit Shmuel and Yael Kravitz El Al

A scholarship was also awarded in the name of the late Esnat Ravid, who was the founder and director of the Gil School for Special Education in Tel Aviv, courtesy of her family and her husband Dr. Gadi Ravid. The parents' words were delivered by Hagit Ron Rabinovitch, journalist, documentary filmmaker, and mother of her autistic son Eli.

Also participating in the event were: members of ALUT's public council, including Dalia Rabin, Meir Shani, former CEO of ALUT, Amos Shapira, former chairman of ALUT, the founders of the association, as well as managers and employees of ALUT.

The organizers of the ceremony also honored the memory of Liora Avigdori, one of the founders of the association, who passed away about a month ago and was a leading figure in ALUT. Liora turned the personal tragedy of the death of her autistic son (age 11) into a life's work, and over the years helped promote the rights, research, and treatment of children and adults on the autistic spectrum.

The artistic part was performed by Magshimim Choir, consisting of boys and girls on the autistic spectrum from Binyamin Rotman Magashim High School.

At the event, the ALUT association...